Monday, 9 December 2013

Grytviken or the Bay of trypots

South Georgia is a marvelous place to stay, especially in
days like these. We arrived in the early morning hours to a calm and peacefully
Cumberland Bay, where we entered the northeast arm directly to Grytviken.

We
were welcomed by the official authorities of the island and then by their
original and native inhabitants, the seals and the penguins.

While walking
towards the cemetery to pay the honors to the “Boss” and his companion Wilde,
we were escorted by a huge delegation of friendly southern elephant seals and
less friendly fur seals. They showed us the way to the remnants of the former
whaling station and we could sense the ghost of many ancient sailors and
whalers between the buildings and the tanks. It was like going back in time,
into the days of black and white pictures.

We could hear the bells ringing from
the church and the museum invited us to experience vividly how it was in those
old days through the display of many artifacts and objects of that time.

Yesterday, while following the footsteps of Shackleton from
Fortuna Bay to Stromness we made this group picture with all the hikers at
Crean lake, and you can see how lucky we have been with the weather.

Today, we had
the chance to admire the small size of the replica of the James Caird boat in
which the “Boss” and companions made the crossing from the Antarctic Peninsula
at Elephant Island to King Haakon Bay, in South Georgia.

South Georgia is a wonderful green oasis in the Southern
Ocean, which offers us the possibility to enjoy it in many different ways: on
land as hikers, on ice or snow, or on the sea, by kayaking or by cruising in
the more comfortable Fram...

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